Section sec.73 - Parliament of Queensland Act 2001 - Assembly may disregard disqualifying events

sec.73Assembly may disregard disqualifying events

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### sec.73 Assembly may disregard disqualifying events This section applies if the Assembly considers that anything that happened whether before or after the commencement of this section (the disqualifying ground ) may have caused— a person to be disqualified from being elected as a member; or the seat of a member to become vacant. The Assembly may declare by resolution the disqualifying ground to be of no effect. The Assembly may make the declaration only if the Assembly considers the ground— has stopped having effect; and was in all the circumstances trivial in nature; and happened or arose without the actual knowledge or consent of the person or member or was accidental or due to inadvertence. This section applies despite any other provision of this chapter. This section has no effect on the jurisdiction of the Court of Disputed Returns. (sec.73-ssec.1) This section applies if the Assembly considers that anything that happened whether before or after the commencement of this section (the disqualifying ground ) may have caused— a person to be disqualified from being elected as a member; or the seat of a member to become vacant. (sec.73-ssec.2) The Assembly may declare by resolution the disqualifying ground to be of no effect. (sec.73-ssec.3) The Assembly may make the declaration only if the Assembly considers the ground— has stopped having effect; and was in all the circumstances trivial in nature; and happened or arose without the actual knowledge or consent of the person or member or was accidental or due to inadvertence. (sec.73-ssec.4) This section applies despite any other provision of this chapter. (sec.73-ssec.5) This section has no effect on the jurisdiction of the Court of Disputed Returns. - (a) a person to be disqualified from being elected as a member; or - (b) the seat of a member to become vacant. - (a) has stopped having effect; and - (b) was in all the circumstances trivial in nature; and - (c) happened or arose without the actual knowledge or consent of the person or member or was accidental or due to inadvertence.